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Which term describes the chromosomal abnormality of having three copies of a single chromosome? haploidy diploidy triploidy tetraploidy

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Triploidy.

Check the prefixes on each word:
Di= 2
Tri= 3
Tetra=4

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Triploidy, because "tri" means three. 
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